Skirt-waistband fastener and skirt-supporter.



Patented Dec. 3, 19m.

E. BUHN.

.SKIRT WAISTBAND FASTENE R AND SKlRT SUPPOBTEB.

(Application filed Apr. 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BOHN, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

SKIRT-WAISTBAND FASTENER AND SKIRT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 687,973, dated December3, 1901. Application filed April 26,1901. Serial No. 57,576. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD BOHN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSkirt-Waistband Fasteners and Skirt-Supporters and I do hereby declarethe following'to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains:

to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in a waistband-fastener andskirt-supporter of that class in which a plate with twin hooks at oneedge thereof and a plate with twin eyes in its body adapted to beengaged by said hooks are respectively attached to the opposite surfacesadjacent to the ends of said waistband, in which a spring-catch isprovided between said twin hooks to engage against an edge projectinglip or ridge arranged between the eyesof said second plate, and in whicha hook is provided at one end of the eye-plate to engage an eye securedto the dress-body.

The object of the invention is to provide a skirt-waistband fastener andskirtholder that will securely close said band and support said skirtby'invisible means yet with great comfort to the wearer. Said fastenerwill not undo, unhook, or open without hand assistance.

The elements of the invention will severally and at large appear in thefollowing description, and they will be separately and combinedly setforth or pointed out in the appended claim.

The purposes of the invention are attained by the devices and meansillustrated in the accompanying drawings with similar referencecharacters to designate like parts throughout the several views, inwhich- Figure 1 is a back view of a portion of a womans dress-body andskirt having a waistband with the elements of the invention in placethereon, showing them in the position of supporting the skirt, which isshown to be open or unfastened; Fig. 2, a sectional elevation taken onthe line .2 z in Fig. Land viewed from the left, showing said elementsin engagement or hooked; Fig. 3, a back view in perspective of thehookplate removed from Fig. 1; Fig. at, a similar view of the eyeplatealso removed from Fig. 1; and Fig. 5, a similar view of the singleeye-plate likewise removed from Fig. 1. Figs. 6 and 7 are enlargedsectional elevations taken, respectively, on the lines 00 a: and y y inFigs. 3 and 4., showing the parts in engagement; and Fig. 8 shows threeviews a o w, in which the eye-plate is secured in position by means ofpoints folded over on a retaining-plate having at one end thesupporting-hook with the cloth omitted.

In the drawings, A designates the body or waist garment of a womansdress viewed from the rear; 3, the skirt of said garment; B, thewaistband of said skirt, and I) Z) designate, respectively, theoverlapping ends of said band. To the inner surface of the end I) isrigidly secured a plate 0, as by stitching through orifices c, saidplate having at one edge a pair of hooks c c, folded back over its bodyand adapted to engage an eye-plate, yet to be described, holding theskirt closed or clasped in position. Between the hooks is aspring-tongue c projecting from the forward edge of the hook-plate andfolded back over its body, forming an inclined plane 0 as shown, with acurved recess or inward bend 0 adjacent to the forward end of the fold.To the outer surface of the end b is rigidly secured a plate D, as bystitching through orifices d. The body of the plate is preferably bentand shaped, as shown, having portions d d d to engage on the cloth andin i which are placed said orifices 01. Between the end two and themiddle one of these portions are raised formations d", constituting theeyes of the invention and adapted to be engaged by the hooks o a, beforementioned, while the central portion d at its outer edge is providedwith an upwardly-projecting rib or ridge d adapted to ride up on theplane of the spring-tongue during the process of hooking the ends of theskirt-waistband together, and by engaging against the forward end of thefold or in the recess a will hold said hooks in engagement, preventingthe skirt-band from opening or unhooking without hand assistance. At oneend of the plate, as at the upper edgeof the portion (Z is an inwardprojection (l to the required extent or the thickness of the cloth inthe waistband, which it is preferably made to pierce, and having lv atits inner end an upwardly-extending arm with its extremity foldedinwardly and downwardly, forming a retroverted hook 01 adapted to engagein an eye-plate D, secured to the dress-body, as shown, Figs. 1 and 2,supporting the skirt. This eye may he a loop of thread, a buttonhole, orthe edge of a hem.

When so desired, the portions d d d of the eye-plate D may be modifiedso as to have inwardly-projecting arms or fingers d to pierce the cloth,pass through the apertures in a plate D and have their extremities dfolded over and pressed'down on said latter plate, thus securing theeye-plate in position Without stitching, while in place of the portions(1' and d are end ears d to rest on the,

cloth. In this instance the skirt-supporting hook d is made integralwith the upper end of the plate D making said hook by reason of thesecuring -of the plates together part and parcel of the plate D.

Being aware that hooks and eyes, as well as various devices, such asclasps and hooks engaging on bars or plates, have heretofore been in usefor closing and supporting garments and even skirts, no claim istherefore made broadly; but

NVhat is considered new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

' A skirt closing and supporting device comprising a plate, 0, adaptedto be secured to one end of a skirt-waistband, said plate having theouter edge twin hooks, c c, with the folded-over spring-tongue, ctherebetween, said tongue constituting the inclined plane, 0 and havingthe fold-recess, 0 the plate, D, adapted to be secured to the other endof said skirt-Waistband, said latter plate having the portions, cl (1CF, and the raised formations, 01 one between each of said portions, cl(1 and said portion, 01 and said portion, (1 having the ridge or rib,-dand said portion, 01 having the inward projection, d, with theupwardly-extending arm and the retroverted hook, (Z at the extremitythereof; and the eye, D, secured to the dress-body; all substantially asdescribed and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD BOHN.

\Vit nesses:

CHARLES ERNST, PAUL A. HERR.

